The recent proposal by the U.S. department of Transportation to allow domestic airlines to keep base fares low and then tack on innumerable surcharges is seeing opposition in the Senate. (See earlier posts on the subject here and here.)
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) wrote a letter to Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, calling the proposed rule change “deceptive.”
I’m glad to see the senator taking a stand, and writing a letter is a good first step, but it’s just a letter, not a bill. I’d really like to see the rules legally codified to prohibit what amounts to false advertising.
If you’re a resident of the U.S., consider writing an e-mail to your Senator and Representative, encouraging them to pressure the DOT not to allow this surcharge silliness.
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March 4th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
[...] It’s enough to drive Chuck Schumer bonkers. Take a flight from London to Hamburg, April 21 to 22. First off, the flight leaves London’s Stansted Airport for Lübeck airport — not Hamburg itself. Check the map, and the taxi rates, before you buy. Plus, the ticket is not free, once fees/taxes are included. These raise the cost of the ticket from free to £27 (or US$47 at the time of this writing). Still really, really cheap. But not free. [...]